The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-09-08
A TEXAS FLOOD.
Prayer for . Cessation or Drouth Fol-
lowed by RloOd.

/ Prayer fOP . Cessation OF DrOuth Fol
lowed by . RleOd.
Fort Worth, Tex, Aug. 3I.-Dis
astrouS floods are reported from the
country tributary to Fort Worth, a.
the result of q heavy rain continuing
from O'Clock Monday night until last
night, with no intermissions except
during this morning. The West fork
| and Clear fork of the Trinity are
far out of its banks, covering the low
lands for mile to the north and east,
carrying away number of small
houses. The Santa Fe officials have
adYices that the Red river is out of its
banks, and the bridges over the Wichita
| in the Territory are in great danger.
| at ClebOrne the bridges over the Buffalo
on both the main line and the Dallas
branch, have been washed away, to-
gether with hundreds of feet of track.
No trains have gone to Galveston or
have arrived from there. A local train
has been made up at Cleborne to run
through to Gainesville. The Missouri
Pacific north-bOund is held below AlVa-
RADIO by half-mile WaShout, and the train
due here this morning has been aban-
doned. The east-bound Texas s. Pa
clfic is waiting here in the yards for the
West-bound, the whereabouts of which
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some accident may have occurred to it.
at o'clock yesterday morning
number of the citizens of Cleborne were
aroused by the cries of woman and
some men and got up and saw the
frame dwelling of man named Schmidt
moving down the food toward the Buff
falo bridge. Mrs. Shmidt had her head
out of the window, crying piteously for
help. A light in the house moved to
IH,,E 1rrNH &1,s, -
was eXtinguiShed. A wild cry from
the woman and several children was
heard. Then the house struck the
bridge and went to pieces, and Schmidt
and his wife, with seven children and
a man and woman who were in the
houSe-eleven persons in all - were
drowned. All day parties searched for
the dead bodies, and succeeded in re-
covering those of Mrs. Scmidt and
four of the children, aged 8, z, 8 and Is
years.
1t is reported that three campers
named Seaxton, father mother and
daughter aged 10, were drowned OH
West fork, near the Jack county line.
One week ago at Waco, prayer meet
ings were held to pray for cessation
of the long drouth. Prayers for the |
the cessation of the flood are now in |
order.
HUFFMAN 4CAdSos OOpb. 4AO
est rain that ever fell in this county be- |
gan Tuesday night, and has continued |
without cessation. The damage to far |
mers in the low valley lands in every |
portion of the county is estimated at |
of dollars. The TeXeS Cen
trail and Gulf, Colorado 81 Santa Fe
railways are badly damaged, and it will
be many days before either of them
can move trains. The following bust
ness houses with all their goods went
down the Bosque river: Seller s. Ham
ilton's dry goods store, Sam Franks
grocery, NJ. McHall's grocery, j. II.
Gustice,s saddler shop, Anderson's
furniture store, and three cot
ton gins. Also nine residences
" ere washed away; and besides
these houses which are entirely gone,
every house in town is damaged. Life
is all that many of the citizens have
left. AT Whitley, twenty-five miles
east in the hill country, a number of
houses were washed away. Between
here and Cleburne, a distance of thirty
miles, there are eight washouts on the
Santa Fe road. Three of the number
are large iron bridges which span
Nolan river at different points on the
Texas Central between Morgan and
Whitley. Two large iron bridges
which have stood the storms for years
were completely destroyed between
here and Hico. On the Central road,
thirty-one miles distant, there are
eleven bridges washed away. The loss
to the railroad is over 500, 900. No es-
Innate can yet be made of the loss to
small towns and to farms.